GENEVA, Nov 29, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the first woman and first African to run the World Trade Organization, has been reappointed for a second term, the global trade body said Friday.

"WTO members today agreed to give incumbent Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala a second term as director-general of the WTO," the organisation said in a statement. Her next four-year term will begin on September 1, 2025.